Sorry for the delay in responding. This player looks like a nice all around machine with all the options one could ask for. It seems to be labelled as a replacement for the 5900 and I haven't seen much discussion or talk of availability in the US. I am from Canada and went into my local electronics store and they already had it. Usually Canada is the last to get new stuff as we are a small market. Just thought maybe Denon had stock to clear out first in the US and was test marketing the model in Canada to see what bugs surfaced. Usually with new models there is a buzz and some new adopters that jump on the new stuff. I have not heard much buzz about this machine but it seems to be killer. I will keep watching and waiting. R